Panhandle Sun Closes Doors

As I suspected from near the start, the Sun is no more. It goes without saying that everyone connected with the paper, especially including the investors gave it all they had. Unfortunately, there just wasn’t enough journalistic knowledge in the organization, nor was there enough effort given to quality content. It looked to me, especially after I was limited to 300 words for Bayview Daze, and the issue two days later had a half page farewell letter from the departing editor, plus a two full page history of Hauser Lake, all in one issue. Obviously, that left little room or editorial judgement for success. It was a nice try, but the wrong people were listened to and the rest is a short history. I will say this about the paper. I thought the layout and art work were superb/ Herb Huseland , Bay Views. More here. (Photo from Panhandle Sun Facebook page)

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